Featuring: The Seattle Irish Dance Company,special guests Veronica and Pamela from the Seattle Opera, and a special visit from Santa Claus! This annual community concert is a gift to the people of Anacortes by the Port of Anacortes and it is free to the public! Please bring a donation of a toy for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots, and canned, non-perishable food items for the local Food Bank.

I have always been an advocate
of community outreach
performances—from college to kindergarten, it's
always fun to go back to school! If you'd like to have me
visit your school for assembly performances, and classroom
workshops, get in touch with me or my friends at Academic Entertainment!

HEROES OF THE BLUE STILLY BENEFIT CONCERT
Tickets are selling fast for the "Heroes of the Blue Stilly" event this weekend, May 24th, at the Stanwood Performing Arts Center, and this event just keeps getting bigger and better! The helicopter rescue team is going to land their chopper outside the theater, there will be fire trucks, firefighters, and guest speakers include representatives from FEMA, the Red Cross, local fire chiefs, and more. Our Master of Ceremonies is none other than Jason Stewart — a nationally renowned comic and a resident of Concrete, Washington!

Here's the Schedule!

J.P. is a new friend, a guitar player from Ireland who kind of looks like Elvis, and plays the guitar like it's on fire. Like if Stevie Ray Vaughn looked like Elvis, and came from Ireland … or something. This will be our first public gig together…

This will be my TWENTIETH YEAR playing this festival! Wow. Check schedule on their Web site for performance times and locations. Make a weekend of it. This festival is one of the best, and most surprisingly eclectic, in the whole nation!

That's probably all I need to say, for those of you who have seen us together before. If you've seen us before, you'll figure out the rest, like where, what time, and all that, and you'll get there early to get a good seat. You always do. See you there!

I've been invited to perform at a whole bunch of schools out on Long Island! This'll be fun! Want me to come to your school? It's easy! Just get in touch with my friends at www.AcademicEntertainment.com.

GROOVALAYA REUNION!
My old swing band from my New York days reunites for one night only at the beautiful Triad Theater! The last time we had a reunion, the place was packed out the door… Got friends in NY?

(Don't worry if the venue's Web site hasn't updated yet: the gig is on!)

My schedule unfortunately does not permit me to attend and teach at this year's Strings Without Boundaries, but if you're a string player and you want to absorb the brilliance of master string players like Darol Anger, Randy Sabien, and Julie Lyon Lieberman, then you should really check this out! It's an amazing opportunity. Even though I can't be there, I want YOU to be there. :-)

There's lots more going on that week, including a concert for a Seahawks Rally in Tacoma for 5,000 people, a performance in the Rose Garden at the Taste of Tacoma, and a private party in Issaquah… and that's all in just one day… Yep. I'm nuts. But you knew that already because you're a subscriber to The Geoffrey Castle Newsletter!